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Erik Kusch
Senior Engineer
Machine Readable Nature Research Group (MANA)
Department of Research and Collections
Natural History Museum
University of Oslo
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HOLDING ON TO STRINGS
BETTER LEFT TO FRAY?
Collaboration and Coordination Principles across
the European Biodiversity Research Infrastructure
Consortium
ISEC 2024
, Allan T. Souza, Yi-Ming Gan, Tomas Martinovic, Carrie J. Andrew
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2European Biodiversity Research Infrastructures
TDWG 2024
Biodiversity Research Infrastructures (bRIs)
- Provide diverse services
- Data
- Resources
- Equipment
- Knowledge-hubs
-...
- Can be single-site or distributed systems
How fragmented are European bRIs?
Research Interoperability CollaborationResearch Interoperability
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TDWG 2024
COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION
How well do infrastructures communicate & collaborate?
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4bRI Communication & Coordination
TDWG 2024
Communication categories:
1. Within bRIs
2. Across bRIs
3. Public-facing
Self-assessment on (1) and (2)
through survey. Rate of response
a proxy for (3).
bRIs collaborate much
stronger within their
networks than outside of
their networks.
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5bRI Communication with the Public
TDWG 2024
bRIs are not
responsive to public
inquiries!
Finding corresponding
information across bRI
webpages is difficult.
There are some commonalities.
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6What can we do about these issues?
TDWG 2024
Why do we
communicate better
within RI networks
than across or to the
public?
Topics
WP4
Means / Styles
of Communication
Vocabularies
Can we
address this
issue?
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8Unified Communication & Coordination Platforms?
TDWG 2024
GitHub - One platform to rule them all?
Free
Open Access
Templates
Already a part of
most daily bRI
operations
Cumbersome
Requires training
Not made for
organisational
communication
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10 Shiny App Functionality –Public Information
TDWG 2024
Entries are:
Standardised
HTML-styled
GitHub Issues
& Comments
Events:
Linked to
projects
Calendar
overview
Export of ical
objects
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11 Shiny App Functionality –bRI-Exclusive Functionality
TDWG 2024
Authentication:
Login via GitHub Account linked to bRI
GitHub organisational account
Unlocks “add event”button
Event-creation via standardised mask
In Development:
bRI internal discussion board
“Add Entry” button for:
News
Projects
Helpdesk (also for bRI externals)
Additional buttons:
“Delete Entry/Event”
“Edit Entry/Event”
“Comment” (also for bRI externals)
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12 Outlook
TDWG 2024
What is still to come?
What
W
hy When
Communication Interface
1.
Full functionality of communication Shiny App
2.
Guide for setting up GitHub structure 2024-09-20
Pre
-Print/Publication of
Guidelines &
Recommendations
1.
Communication / Collaboration
2.
End-User Interaction / Publication Tracking
3.
Data Interoperability / Metadata standard compatibility
2024-10-04
Want to get involved?
Become a beta-tester for our communication interface with your
bRI node or research group.
The purpose of the communication interface is not to supercede bRI webpages, but to supplement them and show how they can be
improved.
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TDWG 2024
END-USER INTERACTION
What research do research infrastructures faciliate?
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14 Research supported by European bRIs
TDWG 2024
Publication tracking to learn about bRI use:
- Only eLTER and GBIF currently track literature citations
Large discrepancies in number of publications:
- Maturity of bRI
- Applicability of services provided by bRI
Despite bRI services being “open access”much of the products derived
therefrom are not.
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TDWG 2024
DATA STANDARD COMPATIBILITY
Can data from different infrastructures be integrated?
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16 Data Interoperability
TDWG 2024
Andrew, C., Islam, S., Weiland, C. and
Endresen, D., 2024.
Biodiversity data
standards for the organization and
dissemination of complex research
projects and digital twins: a guide
. arXiv
preprint arXiv:2405.19857.
10 digital twin use cases in BioDT project:
bRI services are rarely utilised in conjunction.
